“This thing is a killer if it gets you. If you’re the wrong person, you don’t have a chance. So this rips you apart. It is the plague.”

Man, what a panicky wuss! This must have been said by some wimp like Chris Hayes or Joe Biden.

Oh, wait. It was Donald J. Trump, April 13, to Bob Woodward

“Four days after his conversation with Woodward, Trump posted his infamous string of tweets urging people to “LIBERATE” Minnesota, Michigan, and Virginia — states with Democratic governors who had imposed public health measures to slow the spread of Covid-19 — despite the fact he clearly understood the deadliness of the pandemic.”

Here is the Twitter thread in a blog post, which is much easier to read.

Why did Cohen follow Trump? The Bible has some thoughts on the subject:

“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’”

… Matthew 4:8-9